19 6 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Reading the comments on the article "Kim Kardashian was still culturally appropriating at the MTV Movie Awards" (june 18) was so disheartening, I cannot believe that it's 2018 and we still have to explain why cultural appropriation is wrong, especially on a site that claims to be woke and to have the most educated readers.

There are people who are willfully ignorant, but also many people, who are not Americans, are just confused what cultural appropriation is and is not because their views are influenced by their own backgrounds and experiences. 

I was confused for a long time myself. Cultural appropriation is very common and in the world outside of the US it is often not treated as negatively, but with mild ridicule and annoyance. It also depends on whose culture is being appropriated.

Now, in Kim K case, it is very obviously a case of stirring the pot on purpose.

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